“The Bridge on the River Kwai” is on its surface a movie about tremendous courage and tenacity during World War II. The movie, made in 1957 by Director David Lean, tells the story of mostly British POWs overcoming hardship to build a bridge for their Japanese captors in Burma (now Myanmar). The movie won the Academy Award for best picture in 1957 and has been widely praised and studied by film buffs. The real message of ‘River Kwai�...
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